Hi,
I have, as I suppose many collectors of
Roman coins have, an idea that I will put together a “
gallery” of imperial personages either as a main
collection or, as in my case, a
side collection. There are times when, in order to add to such a
collection, a compromise on
quality has to be made, particularly when considering some of the rarer personages.
That, then, is how I arrived at this specimen (dealer pic, waiting for it to drop through the door), an As of
Manlia Scantila. The condition is only
fair at best but her name is at least readable and the
portrait not too bad. The
reverse type is
IVNO REGINA SC (
RIC 19a, R4).
I was, at first, a little disappointed that it was the small bronze rather than the large but, it would seem, that the
As is scarcer than the
Sestertius (18
Sestertii on
Wildwinds, no Ases); and the condition, well, it is not that far removed from the specimen in the
Hunter collection in
Glasgow (with my rose tinted spectacles at least), the monochrome scan of which is also below.
Regards,
Mauseus
